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In this May 20, 2017, people walk through downtown Gatlinburg, Tenn. A deadly wildfire in November of 2016 put a dent in the tourism industry, but signs of growth are returning. (AP Photo/Kristin Hall)
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In this May 20, 2017 photo, a new chairlift attraction is under construction in downtown Gatlinburg, Tenn. A deadly wildfire in November of 2016 put a dent in the tourism industry, but signs of growth are returning. (AP Photo/Kristin Hall)
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A man rides a zip line from the second floor of the Eiffel Tower, 115 meters above the ground and 800 meters long, as part of a free event in Paris, France, Sunday, June 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)
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A woman rides a zip line from the second floor of the Eiffel Tower, 115 meters above the ground and 800 meters long, as part of a free event in Paris, France, Sunday, June 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)
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This April 17, 2017, photo shows the construction of the new Park Road Bridge in Iowa City, Iowa. After routine flooding in recent years, the city has started a $40 million project to raise Dubuque Street and the bridge, which takes traffic over the Iowa River near the University of Iowa campus. (AP Photo/Ryan J. Foley)
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In this March 28, 2017, photo, work is done on a piling on the Red Bridge pedestrian bridge over the Des Moines River in Des Moines, Iowa. A little more than a decade after it was restored, crews went back to the site with a crane to hoist the span more than 4 feet higher, at a cost of $3 million, after experts concluded that the river's flooding risk was double the previous estimates. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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In this March 28, 2017, photo, the Red Bridge pedestrian bridge is seen over the Des Moines River in Des Moines, Iowa. A little more than a decade after it was restored, crews went back to the site with a crane to hoist the span more than 4 feet higher, at a cost of $3 million, after experts concluded that the river's flooding risk was double the previous estimates. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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FILE- In this Jan. 4, 2017, file photo, traffic crosses the Virginia Street bridge in downtown Reno, Nev., above the rising waters of the Truckee River, where a flash flood watch was in effect. The bridge built last year replaced a century-old one where logjams were blamed for intensifying flooding that caused hundreds of millions of dollars of damage in January 1997. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner, File)
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This April 17, 2017, photo shows the construction of the new Park Road Bridge in Iowa City, Iowa. After routine flooding in recent years, the city has started a $40 million project to raise Dubuque Street and the bridge, which takes traffic over the Iowa River near the University of Iowa campus. (AP Photo/Ryan J. Foley)
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In this April 18, 2017, photo, the Red Bridge pedestrian bridge is seen over the Des Moines River in Des Moines, Iowa. A little more than a decade after it was restored, crews went back to the site with a crane to hoist the span more than 4 feet higher, at a cost of $3 million, after experts concluded that the river's flooding risk was double the previous estimates. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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In this Dec. 5, 2016 photo, Max Harris, 27, who considers himself the "creative director" or "camp counselor" at the Oakland warehouse "Ghost Ship" recounts the night of the fire during an interview at Lake Merritt, where a vigil for the fire victims was held in Oakland, Calif. A source close to the investigation tells The Associated Press Monday, June 5, 2017, that two men have been arrested and will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire that killed 36 partygoers. (Dai Sugano/San Jose Mercury News via AP)
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FILE-In this Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016 file photo, Donald Vidrine, a BP well site leader from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, leaves Federal Court during a break in the trial of Deepwater Horizon supervisor Robert Kaluza in New Orleans. Vidrine, who pleaded guilty to a pollution charge in connection with the 2010 oil spill, died Saturday, June 3, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. He was 69. (AP Photo/Max Becherer, File)
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FILE - In this June 28, 2016, file photo, workers survey debris along the 17th fairway of the Old White Course on the property of the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Nearly a year since flooding from torrential rains left 23 people dead statewide, including 15 in the local county, the reconstruction of the Old White TPC course is almost done. This years Greenbrier Classic golf tournament starts on July 6. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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FILE - In this June 28, 2016, file photo, debris from floodwaters litters a pedestrian bridge above Howard Creek along the 18th hole of the Old White Course at the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Nearly a year since flooding from torrential rains left 23 people dead statewide, including 15 in the local county, the reconstruction of the Old White TPC course is almost done. This years Greenbrier Classic golf tournament starts on July 6. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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The tee box on the first hole on the Old White TPC Course at The Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, is shown Monday, June 5, 2017. Nearly a year since flooding from torrential rains killed 23 people statewide and left the course damaged and covered in silt, the course's reconstruction is almost done. The PGA Tour's Greenbrier Classic starts on July 6. (AP Photo/John Raby)
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Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs speaks during a press conference at the scene where five employees were killed Monday, June 5, 2017, in a shooting at a business in Orlando (Jacob Langston/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
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Law enforcement personnel investigate the scene where the scene where multiple people were killed in a shooting at a business in Orlando, Monday, June 5, 2017. (Jacob Langston/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
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Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs speaks during a press conference at the scene where five employees were killed Monday, June 5, 2017, in a shooting at a business in Orlando. (Jacob Langston/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
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Law enforcement and media respond to a shooting at Fiamma, a business in Orlando on Monday, June 5, 2017. Authorities said there were multiple fatalities in an industrial area near Orlando, Fla. (Aileen Perilla/Orlando Sentinel via AP)